Oxbow6

But people smarter than you know what is best for you. I stated this earlier....the precedent has now been set. This is the new normal. Eat dessert first.

Which indicates it's mortality rate is nowhere what was first predicted but keep fanning the gloom and doom.

"The corona is 10x more fatal than the flu"...... Since been debunked statistically. Was at 3% mortality 3 weeks ago, then down to 1% (hence your 10x worse), now down to roughly at 0.5%.

And I'm not going to disagree with you. We should be better than South Korea.

This country is being bright to its knees by fear....not the virus. Recovery from getting the virus is a couple weeks. Recovery of society from this hysteria will be years.

Fear >>>>> Corona This is going to get uglier.

BTW can the government just cancel the flood season in the RRV while they are at it? Let's not forget that issue for those who are going to have to deal with that tangibly.

So where does end?? At what point are we not able to do anything from a social interaction standpoint? If you are anxious, depressed or scared the last thing one needs is to be totally isolated unnecessarily? Those mental health issues spread within someone faster than this virus.

Once you take away any sense of joy, hope, peace, normalcy and safety from an individual they start to become desperate. Do that to an entire nation over an extended period of time........ I talked to colleagues.....an internist and a pulmonologist yesterday. Both way smarter than me. "Overblown" is the term used repeatedly. Maybe they are right.....maybe not. IMO the secondary ramifications of this crisis on our society and country will dwarf the infectious issues caused by the virus itself. Look at Tom Hanks........he isn't dead. He is going to start filming Cast Away 2 today, this time with a basketball courtesy of the NBA, since he'll be in quarantine.

Read NHL most likely cancelling rest of season Thursday.

But the precedent has been set.

This "right" call, as you call it, has set a precedent moving forward...........

No fans allowed at the games this weekend.

This is getting comical now.

We are now in the new cancel culture.

Tom Hanks has corona.......how is that possible? It was just him and a volleyball!

The secondary issues from this crisis coupled with the hysteria are hitting the healthcare systems as well. ERs, Urgent Care and Walk-in clinics are having to deal with an increase in patients with mental health issues....... increased anxiety and depression, alcohol and drug intoxications, and suicidal inclinations not to mention those who think they just might be sick. This is far from a single pronged issue.

7 weeks ago first confirmed case in US.......over 1200 confirmed cases with 34 deaths. Something has to give to kill 700-800K as predicted.

When people are riddled with ongoing fear and anxiety due to the continued hysteria then throw in them not being able to earn a living because we are all at home watching reruns of The Bachelor.........it will get ugly. Bernie Bros might get an up close view of Venezuela Lite in this country soon.

I'll guess.......it won't be anywhere close to that death total.

So when my kid is told not to come back to UND after spring break next week for the rest of the school year does UND reimburse me for room and board since she's on the dorm and on the meal plan???

Regardless if you think this virus will infect/kill 100000/10000 or 50M/50K we are continuing to erode society on a daily basis as we all know it. Less personal interaction. Less stability and security. More fear and hysteria. Who is going to be surprised when secondary medical issues from this crisis like depression, anxiety, panic attacks, suicide, physical/domestic abuse, alcohol and drug abuse become other major issues needing to be addressed in the big picture? Throw in the increasing potential economic decline and instability..........civil unrest isn't out of the question.

Statistics show this virus has as much lower mortality rate than was thought/publicized 3 weeks ago.

......and my concern a few months ago was I only had 11 years and change left to live.

Well...….50M is still 100M less than gun violence.